Tschabalala Self's 'Lady in Blue' walks into the language of monuments
Unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square, this vibrant bronze sculpture of a Black 'everywoman' has ignited fierce global debates on body image and representation.
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When buffel grass takes over, what happens to Country?
Tandanya, Tutti Arts and Nature Festival brings artists, researchers, and cultural knowledge together for 'Silent Country', an exhibition confronting the spread of buffel grass and the landscapes being changed by it.
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opening Dec 2026
Two decades after it was first announced, Guggenheim Au Dhabi will open this December, bringing enormous cultural ambition and a complicated history to Saadiyat Island.
ACCA's NEW returns
ACCA revives its influential NEW exhibition series after a ten-year break, bringing together seven emerging artists whose practices reflect the changing course of Australian contemporary art.
Richard Lewer's 'Steve': The art of remembering a life
Richard Lewer's 'Steve' begins a national tour, transforming one family's experience of dementia into a moving study of memory, love, and the ordinary moments that make up a life.
Yayoi Kusama’s Radical, Therapeutic Legacy
Yayoi Kusama's polka dots and Infinity Rooms made her a global phenomenon, but behind the spectacle lies a radical exploration of self-obliteration, mental health, and our fascination with seeing ourselves reflected back.
Gwangju Biennale's Taiwan Pavilion problem
The Gwangju Biennale's Taiwan Pavilion dispute has exposed tensions between artistic freedom, institutional responsibility, and international diplomacy, raising concerns over how cultural institutions navigate political pressure.
Margaret Preston retrospective at NGV
Margaret Preston’s first major retrospective in 20 years traces the influences, ambitions and complexities behind one of Australia’s most recognisable modernist artists.
Cara was built to protect artists from AI
After Cara was scraped three times in ten days, the artist-led platform has become an uncomfortable test of what "opting-out" of AI training actually means online.
Carriageworks' 'Heap' is redefining interactive art
Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas has launched 'Heap', an installation where visitors physically dig up 80 artworks buried under 120 tonnes of dirt. This tactile exhibition offers educators a brilliant blueprint for teaching students how physical parti
Presley wins $100k Telstra Award
Marri Ngarr artist Dr. Ryan Presley has won the prestigious Telstra Art Award with a monumental painting that uses European Renaissance techniques to challenge colonial power dynamics.
The Scent of Ancient Rome in St. Louis
Ancient Rome wasn't as silent, white, or pristine as museums make it seem. One St. Louis exhibition used scent and sound to put some of the life back into antiquity.
Is the Contemporary Art Gallery really dying?
Galleries aren't disappearing, but their authority might be. Social media, direct sales, and a new generation of collectors are rewriting who gets seen, sold, and taken seriously.
18 Benin Bronzes returned
Eighteen Benin artefacts have returned to Nigeria after years of provenance research traced their likely looting during the British attack on Benin City in 1897.
John Constable's climate crisis landscape
For the first time since John Constable painted "The Hay Wain" in 1821, the masterpiece has finally returned to Suffolk. Surrounded by the landscape that inspired it, the painting offers a lesson in how places change, and what are can preserve.
What happens when AI picks up the brush
AI can paint, write, and generate ideas in seconds. But as machines become increasingly creative, the bigger question isn't whether AI can make art. It's what happens to human creativity when we hand over the process.